Door County Land Trust

10/19/2026

Gibraltar 8th grade students are helping our local wood duck population by learning about their habitat needs and building duck boxes in their Technical Education class. Thank you, students, for your hard work! :)

10/16/2026

The grand finale of our local homecoming celebration is...the one and only Brian Forest! 🎉

Brian wears red because he is an alum of Sevastopol High School (but today he was decked out in Brewer's blue!).

As Land Protection Manager, Brian is an important part of our Land Team where he helps identify potential conservation areas and connect with landowners. Besides being excellent at making land protection connections, Brian is our in-house rock hound! If you're lucky enough to join a geology-focused hike with Brian, you are sure to learn a lot about the Niagara escarpment features that define our peninsula!

10/08/2026

SCIENCE ON TAP IS BACK!
Next Thursday, join us at Bridge Up Brewing Co. for an informative presentation about wild rice by Robert Fish, UWGB NERR Tribal Engagement Coordinator.

10/08/2026

This weekend (Oct 10-11) is the Youth Deer Hunt, which means hikers are recommended to wear blaze orange and hike during mid-day to avoid peak hunting times in early morning and before sunset.

This is also a reminder that Ephraim Nature Preserve at Anderson Pond and Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal Nature Preserve prohibit or limit the use of guns (Ship Canal NP = muzzle loader only). Please visit our Hunting Page for more information and the chart of which properties allow hunting! https://www.doorcountylandtrust.org/what-we-do/hunting-program/

Photo of Ephraim Nature Preserve at Anderson Pond by Collin Richter

10/07/2026

"...it dawns on me that the need for this work has never been fiercer. One of Leopold’s lines comes to mind: 'Ethical behavior is doing the right thing when no one else is watching,' a simple notion so foreign and forgotten in our time of extrinsic values begging to be validated. As we barrel blindly into a newly wounded world filtered by climate change and artificial intelligence, resource scarcity and restricted access, invisible giving is not only an article of faith, but a revolutionary act that takes all of us to engage in– property owners, volunteers, and staff motivated not for profit, but protection."

—Timothy Bauer, Silent Sports Magazine

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It’s no secret that Door County is a special place. Wisconsin’s proverbial vacationland, every year some 2.5 million tourists drive up to the northeastern county, half the size of Rhode Island, …

10/06/2026

Local homecoming celebration continues!
Did you know DCLT has locals on staff representing every high school in Door County?

Today we're featuring Gibraltar alumni Cinnamon & Maddie, Washington Island alum Jesse, and Southern Door alum Jenny!

Gibraltar alum Cinnamon has been with DCLT for 14 years and is our Charitable Giving Director. Her special skills are forming meaningful relationships with every donor and remembering details about thousands of people! Cinnamon knows how to throw great events, but her best quality is all the heart she brings to the organization. 💙

Maddie from Sister Bay is our Stewardship Field Coordinator—which means she does a lot of different things! Some days, you will find her in the office, and other days she is on the land maintaining preserves, working with volunteers, connecting with CE owners, or deep in the woods doing boundary marking. Maddie is the best at doing her best, wherever she is needed—and always makes it look cool 😎

Jesse grew up on Washington Island and leads our land program as Conservation Director! He is the guy to talk to if you want to know anything about ecology. Jesse is a wealth of knowledge and is usually working hard in the office to protect Door County's special places—but when he gets out on the land for a site visit, you'll see that his special skill is traversing difficult terrain at impressive speeds! 🌲

Jenny is an alum of Southern Door and recently returned home to Door County after living out of state. She is a wonderful recent addition to DCLT, working as our rockstar Database Manager! Jenny provides masterful understanding of complex systems—rounding out the skills our team needs to handle a growing organization! And she does it joyfully, bringing fresh passion to our mission. 💗